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Writing specifications for construction / Peter J. Cox..

By: Cox, Peter J, 1935-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London ; New York : McGraw-Hill, c1994Description: xviii, 343 p. ; 30 cm.ISBN: 0077078039.Subject(s): Buildings -- Specifications | Specification writingDDC classification: 692.3
Contents:
Part 1: A background to specification writing -- Scope of guide -- Who's who in design office specification writing -- Historical background to contract documentation -- Terminology used in contract documentation -- Part 2: The Construction documents -- Contract documentation and Contracts -- Prequalification documents and tendering requirements -- Form of tender and supplements -- Acceptance and agreement -- Conditions of contract -- Bonds and guarantees -- Insurances -- The Specification -- Changes to tender and contract documents -- Part 3: Specification writing and production techniques -- Writing a specification section -- The Masterlist -- Section Formats -- Specification language -- Page Format -- Writing the general requirements -- Performance specifying -- The design office master specification -- Producing project specifications -- Coordinating drawings and specifications -- Using computers.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The construction industry is increasing realizing that specifications are an essential part of describing design. Some aspects of construction are more efficiently described in words than by a multitude of larg scale drawings. Specifications have to be correct and clear to the design teams that are using them.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: A background to specification writing -- Scope of guide -- Who's who in design office specification writing -- Historical background to contract documentation -- Terminology used in contract documentation -- Part 2: The Construction documents -- Contract documentation and Contracts -- Prequalification documents and tendering requirements -- Form of tender and supplements -- Acceptance and agreement -- Conditions of contract -- Bonds and guarantees -- Insurances -- The Specification -- Changes to tender and contract documents -- Part 3: Specification writing and production techniques -- Writing a specification section -- The Masterlist -- Section Formats -- Specification language -- Page Format -- Writing the general requirements -- Performance specifying -- The design office master specification -- Producing project specifications -- Coordinating drawings and specifications -- Using computers.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Peter Cox is an author who wrote Desert War: The Battle of Sidi Rezegh, whcih made The New Zealand Best Seller List.

(Bowker Author Biography)